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  <h2>Setting element attributes</h2>

  <p>Many of the OpenDDS modeling elements have attributes for you
  to set. To set an attribute, after the attribute is selected,
  click on it and enter the value for it. The steps are shown
  below, using a QoS Policy as an example.</p>

  <p>Create the element. For example, double-click on the element
  in the Palette. This will put the element with undefined
  attributes on it (in this example, the policy name and
  value):</p><img alt="Attribute undefined" src=
  "../../images/attribute_undefined_example.png">

  <p>To set the value attribute, first select it. (It may be
  necessary to first click somewhere outside the figure to have it
  un-selected, and then re-select the figure.)</p><img alt=
  "Attribute selected" src=
  "../../images/attribute_selected_example.png">

  <p>Now click on the attribute and an input box will appear
  allowing you to type in the attribute value. The name of the
  attribute will temporarily disappear while you are
  editing.</p><img alt="Attribute editing" src=
  "../../images/attribute_editing_example.png">

  <p>After editing you should see the name of the attribute
  followed by it's value:</p><img alt="Attribute defined" src=
  "../../images/attribute_defined_example.png">
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